Outmigration of US immigrants

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1167-1176

  Lam, Kit Chun ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; IMMIGRANTS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETURN MIGRATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ASIA; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; IMMIGRANTS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION--DETERMINANTS; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETURN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; ASIA; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; INCOME; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EARNINGS ROLE; EMIGRATION DETERMINANTS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH;

USA;

EID: 0030230473     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328001     Document Type: Article

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